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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
7
Amesville August 3 Special Gibson local meteorological observer reports July weather with eight inches of rainfall, rain on 14 days and 15 thunder storms. The week ending today featured four clear days and three partly cloudy, no real dark days, highs to 93 degrees on two dates, lows to 48, mean max 88 and mean min 61, overall cool.
The city council notes repairs to the Opera House are underway to avoid revenue loss. A fireproof asbestos curtain, vent shaft, fireproof proscenium walls, and separate circuit doors will be installed. Exit lights and new dressing rooms planned. Building Inspector orders followed. opening planned during next week’s fair.
Hocking Valley operators monitor the Pittsburg Coal Company miners dispute over check off systems and mine organization. A strike is anticipated this week, with potential shifts in business to local operators and earlier car shortages. Stakeholders foresee a joint Ohio and western Pennsylvania conference next year.
Dean Henry G. Williams returned to Athens after a five weeks journey through the far West. He attended the National Educational Association in Los Angeles and traveled through California, Portland, Yellowstone National Park, Salt Lake City, and Denver. He described the Yellowstone bear event and noted San Francisco’s rebuilding and Leland Stanford University’s destruction and planned replacement. The Dean and family plan to depart again soon for the summer.
Preparations are completed for the Athens County Teachers Institute session at Ohio University in Athens starting Monday August 19. Attendance has grown to include nearly all county teachers and many education enthusiasts. Prominent instructors include Supt. S. P. Humphrey and A. F. McKenzie. sessions will be in Ewing Hall to accommodate large attendance.
A fragment discusses business life and a woman’s letter writing. It notes a woman who shares no secret may have more to reveal to the party she writes next, implying social expectations in communication.
Charles McVicker, middle aged, was thrown from a horse on Palmer street and suffered a fractured collar bone. James Kyle of Mill street, a blacksmith, cut his left hand severely at work requiring stitches. Dr. Phillipps attended both cases.
Edward Theodore Dean ten months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norris Dean and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Dean, died Sunday morning of cholera infantum at grandparents' home on High street. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at the Christian church conducted by Rev. W. H. Boden. Interment in Union Street Cemetery.
On Saturday last McKinstry Parker sold Jesse Finsterwald’s Lash Street home to Sheriff Harry M. Webster for 2200 dollars and Elizabeth Gabriel’s Alexander township farm to C. W. Ackley for 1500 dollars. They also hold a varied city and farm property list and invite consultation before purchase.
The Mallory party from Parkersburg traveling to Erie via three autos collided with an Euclid avenue car at 65 street. Mrs. Mallory was badly hurt and the White steam car was wrecked. Mr Mallory and his two brothers continued to Erie by train.
Eminent medical scientists say life expectancy remains far below possible with new knowledge. The critical period is between 50 and 60, proper self care then is vital. Electric Bitters is recommended as a tonic to revitalize all body organs, guaranteed by McKee, the druggist, 50c.
The Law and Order League Executive Committee pays 50 dollars for tips leading to the arrest of Clara Reynolds for operating a blind tiger. The reward was collected by Dana Nash and Theordore Nasi, with Nasi filing the affidavit before Mayor Hedges.
The High school athletic association lawn fete on Saturday evening failed to fully reach its goal due to bad weather. After expenses, the event netted about $10 toward gymnasium equipment, with receipts totaling around $23 before rain disrupted plans. John Courtney organized the fete and managed the operations efficiently.
Local man through attorney Prosecutor Foster filed a divorce petition against wife Mable L Brown. The couple married July 28 1904 in Belleville Illinois and separated July 30 1904 in St Louis.
The plaintiff seeks a legal separation after the defendant agreed to relocate to Athens but did not fulfill the plan. She has been willfully absent for over three years, and the plaintiff does not know her current whereabouts. Last week he filed for separation.
A list of Athens County expenditures itemizes payments to individuals and firms for various services and relief funds. Entries include salaries for county officials and workers, road, bridge, and jail work, and soldiers relief across multiple townships.
A fragment shows financial items: expenditures listed for Aaron Grady and postage, clothing for the Institute for Feeble Minded, printing by Gazette Printing Co. It also includes an endorsement for Cham berlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy by Jemison of Spring Grove, York County, Pa, with local vendors W. H. McKee Lash and Barton Drug Co. Chauncey.
Notice to teachers announces monthly examinations on the first Saturday, with shifts for holidays. The Boxwell Examinations occur on the third Saturday in April and the second Saturday in May. Aaron Grady, Clerk.
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